Gabriela Dabrowski, Erin Routliffe win U.S. Open women's doubles title

Gabriela Dabrowski, Erin Routliffe win U.S. Open women's doubles title

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Third-seeded Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe notched a 6-4, 6-4 victory over top-seeded Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova on Friday to win the U.S. Open doubles title in New York.

It marks the second time in three years that Dabrowski of Canada and Routliffe (born in Canada, playing out of New Zealand) won the title.

Dabrowski, 33, was diagnosed with